Knoxville Bookstore Hosting 'Banned Book Club' After More than 100 Books Removed From Knox Co. Schools' Shelves

Knoxville bookstore hosting 'Banned Book Club' after more than 100 books removed from Knox Co. Schools' shelves

The Bottom, a Black-focused bookstore and community space, is hosting a club to give people a chance to read books recently removed from public school shelves.

Brooklyn Library Becomes Haven For Banned Books Written By Black Women

As public libraries across the country face unprecedented political pressure, funding threats, and coordinated book bans, one independent library in Brooklyn is standing firm — and centering Black women’s voices in the fight. The Free Black Women’s Library, founded by artist and literary advocate OlaRonke Akinmowo in 2015, has become a grassroots haven for banned and challenged books written by Black women and Black nonbinary authors. What began…